The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
Charleston Ripples.

A meeting of the Undertakers' Associa
ton Of Charleston will be held in the city at
an early day, not yet fixed.
Charleston has passed the second ami
versary of the great cyclone, and the ami
versary of tho great earthquake is APP
preaching.
The Charleston Turnverein are getting the
plans and specifications for their new hall,
at the southeast corner of Meeting and
Wentworth streets, ready.
The entrance TO the Academy of Music is
being paved with with fine tiles of Georgia
| marble in place of the boards with which
the lobby was formealy floored.
The contractors are booming the work on
the new police and fire stations. The walls
of the police station are nearly finished, and
those of the fire station are nearing the sec
| ond floor.
1t is rumOred that there is very little
doubt that Messrs. Quintard q Mallory will
start another line of steamers between New
York and Charleston. The sale of the City
| of Atlanta and City of Columbus was TO
have taken place in New York Thurs
day, but 1t has been postponed until Sept. 3.
There are reasons to believe that Mr. G..
| A. Murphy, a contractor who has been do
| ing business in Charleston for about year,
| has left the city not 10 return immediately.
| Only day or two ago he informed one of
his workmen that he was going away soon
| to Birmingham. 1t is now known however,
| that he left the city n day or two ago by
steamer for New York. A representative
of the firm of Schlepegrell q Sons, to whom
and some Others, Mr.. Murphy is said to owe
some bills, said yesterday that an effort was
made TO stop Mr. G.. A. Murphy in New
York, and that instructions to that effect
had been telegraphed to member of the
! firm in New York. Mr.. Murphy is said to
owe little bills all around town, aggregatiug
about $500.
Shortly before O'Clock Thurs lay night
+, the congregation of Centenary church, who
were holding class meeting services in their
Sunday school chapel in Wentworth street,
and the residents in that neighborhood,
were startled by hearing three reports from
pistol fired i'll rapid succession. The shots
were fired 10y Mr.. David Hall, from the
back window of his house, next door 10 the
church, and We're Immediately followed by
street scene of excitement and CON
fusion. The worshipping sisters and
brothers ran pell from the church,
and large crowd quickly collected on
the scene. Sorgt Dunn, who arrived
soon after the firing, rang the bell of Mr..
| Hairs house. He appeared on the piazza in
his white Mother Hubbard, and held long
parley with the policemen below. He
seemed TO he very much excited, and said
| that ne had fired the shots to stop the noise
made by the colored congregation. He had
been living there twelve months, and
couldn't stand it any longer. His child was
sick and he told the people 10 hush up but
they would not stop, so he fired his pistol in
the air 70 make them keep quiet. Then fol
lowed n vehement protest against the
chief for allowing the coorei people TO
make so much noise, and for arrresting peo-
| pie while the gambling saloons were allowed
to remain open Mr.. Hall persistently re-
fused to come down and open his street
door, well knowing that the police had no
| legal right to enter his premises and arrest
him without a special warrant. He finally
promised, however, 10 appear before the
Recorder 10 answer TO the charge of dis
turbing the peace, and then concluded the
seance by withdrawing TO the seclusion of
his apartments.